united states lines.The opening chapter of the fifth edition of The Blue Jacket’s Manual United States Navy (1917), devotes some 28 pages on the subject of “Discipline and Duty.” Afterward, the first section of the book meanders into opportunities of specialization, courts-martial, and customs. Only in the second and third sections are seamanship topics covered. […]
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From a trunk in Bayonne, New Jersey
United States Lines licensed officer cap badge, 1929-1931.Woven in silk and bullion. On a wool backing. In an old trunk in Bayonne, this cap badge was found. The finder was unsure what it was or why it was there. It was among “junk”; that is: scraps of old clothes, balled up newspapers, and the like.This […]
Number One, Broadway
I wrote a letter to the Maritime Administrator today. I hope he reads it. May 25, 2018 Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby, USN, Retired Maritime Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue., SE Washington D.C., 20590 Dear Admiral Buzby, With the recent sale of Number One, Broadway to a real estate developer, the last vestiges of the […]